Horse for dyeing establishments.



PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907. J. KNOTT. HORSE FOR DYEING BSTABLISHMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1907.

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"I: mmms PETERS JACOB KNOTT, OF PATERSON, NEW.JERSEY.

HORSE FOR DYEING ESTABLISHMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed May 31,1907, Serial No. 376,585.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, {Moon Know, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State 01": New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horses for Dyeing Establishments, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings.

This invention relates to an improved horse for carrying the silk or the hanks in dyeing establishments from one dye-vat to the other, said horse being constructed in such a manner that the dye liquid cannot attackthe transverse bolts by which the longitudinal and transverse pieces of these horses are connected with each other.

The horse herein described comprises a plurality of longitudinal bars, certain of which, preferably the outer 'or side bars, are made longer than the middle bars, so as 10 form handles, and of transverse tie-rods passing through the longitudinal bars, and wooden sleeves placed on said transverse tierods, said sleeves being seated at the ends in depressions in the longitudinal bars, the floors of such depressions being convex, and fitting into corresponding concaved depressions in the ends of the sleeves so as to make a tight rigid joint between the sleeves and the bars and so to protect the tierods against dyeliquor.

The objects of the invention are to construct a dye horse which is very rigid and at the same time very light, and which will support as much as two men can carry without the joints working loose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved'dyeing horse; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of one of the longitudinal bars showing one of the convex recesses; and Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective of one of the sleeves, the end of which is pro- Vided with a concave recess.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the side bars and 2 the intermediate longitudinal bars of my improved horse. The side bars 1 are of greater length than the intermediate bars 2 and are rounded off at their ends, so as to form handles for carrying the horse. The ends of the intermediate bars are also rounded so as to present no projecting corners. The parallel side and intermediate bars 1 and 2, respectively, are connected by transverse tie rods 8, which are preferably made of metal and which are provided at one end with a head 4 and at the other end with a nut 5 each of which fits into recesses in the sides of the bars 1. The side and intermediate bars are spaced apart at suitable distances and are retained on the tie-rods at a uniform distance from each other by means of the cylindrical sleeves or spools 6, the ends of which are seated in recesses in the side bars 1 and intermediate bars 2, and are preferably provided with concave recesses 7 which receive the corresponding convex floors 8 of said recesses in the inner sides of the side bars 1 and at both sides of the intermediate bars 2. When the nuts are tightened on the ends of the tie-rods it will be seen that a very firm joint is made between the ends of the sleeves 6 and the bars 1 and 2, due to the wedging together of the concave dcpressing on the ends of the sleeves with the convex dopressions on the bars. This form of joint has proved very satisfactory in the construction of my improved dye horse, which is prevented from working loose and is more easily fitted firmly together than was heretofore possible. It is also highly important that the joints between the sleeves and bars should be tight for the reason that the corroding dye liquor will corrode the tierods if the joints are not tight and the corroded metal is very apt to soil or stain anything that may be carried on the horse. The tie-rods being thus protected will last much longer and a cleaner and more durable horse for carrying dyed material is obtained.

What I claim is:-

A dyehoi'se consisting of a plurality of longitudinal bars, transverse tie rods, and spacing sleeves thereon, said longitudinal bars having sockets to receive the ends of said spacing sleeves, the floors of said sockets and the ends of said sleeves being correspondingly concave and convex.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB KNOT'l.

Witnesses SYDNEY W. FRY, Leo J. Merry. 

